As China steps up virus battle, Wuhan goes into lockdown

In an effort to curb the spread of a new coronavirus that is believed to have originated in China’s Wuhan in December, the Chinese authorities on Thursday stepped up efforts to lock down the city of 11 million people by cancelling planes and trains leaving the city and suspending buses, subways and ferries within it.

The lockdown in the city comes as millions of Chinese travel across the country for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.

“Without a special reason, city residents should not leave Wuhan,” the central city’s special command centre to combat the virus said on Thursday, according to state media.

The move is meant to “effectively cut off the virus spread, resolutely curb the outbreak and guarantee the people’s health and safety,” the notice said, according to Xinhua news agency.

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